October 2004 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse
October 27–28, 2004

By Fred Espenak at 3:03 UT, from Dunkirk, Maryland

The moon's path through the Earth's shadow.
Series (and member) 136 (19)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 1:20:35
Partial 3:38:41
Penumbral 5:53:46
Contacts
P1 0:07:17 UTC
U1 1:14:45 UTC
U2 2:23:51 UTC
Greatest 3:04:07 UTC
U3 3:44:20 UTC
U4 4:53:26 UTC
P4 6:01:03 UTC

The moon's path across shadow in Aries.

A total lunar eclipse took place on October 28, 2004, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2004, the first being on May 4, 2004.[1] It was the first lunar eclipse to take place during a World Series game,[2][3] which coincidentally featured the Boston Red Sox winning their first world series in 86 years to end the curse of the bambino.

Visibility

This eclipse was completely visible from all of North and South America, and visible from most of Europe and Africa.

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

It is the third of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.

Saros series

This eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 136, and the first of the series that passes through the center of the Earth's shadow. The next occurrence will be on November 8, 2022.

Metonic series

This eclipse is the third of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, October 28–29, each separated by 19 years:

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 136
  2. ↑ Shaughnessy 2005, pp. 225–226
  3. ↑ Shaughnessy, Dan (October 28, 2004). "YES!!!: Red Sox complete sweep, win first Series since 1918". The Boston Globe. p. A1. Retrieved June 20, 2011.


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